In the Beginning
In the Beginning
In the beginning
was the Great Radiance
fourteen billion years ago
In the beginning
was the Great Radiance
fourteen billion years ago
Out of the fireball
came simple hydrogen
and helium from that great glow
Out of the fireball
came simple hydrogen
and helium from that great glow
Gravity swirled those
gases into stars
white, yellow, blue, and red
Gravity swirled those
gases into stars
white, yellow, blue, and red
But no dancing planets
till the birth of silicon,
calcium, iron, and lead
But no dancing planets
till the birth of silicon,
calcium, iron, and lead
The first generations
of ancestor stars squeezed
primal gases into stone
The first generations
of ancestor stars squeezed
primal gases into stone
Into oxygen
and into nitrogen
into calcium for antler and bone
Into oxygen
and into nitrogen
into calcium for antler and bone
Then they expired and
launched back into space
atoms born of pressure and strife
Then they expired and
launched back into space
atoms born of pressure and strife
So later generations
of stars like our own sun
could have planets
and maybe even life
So later generations
of stars like our own sun
could have planets
and maybe even life
We are made of stardust
We are born from death
Greet your cousins
who twinkle in the night
We are made of stardust
We are born from death
Greet your cousins
who twinkle in the night
What do we savor
in our brief flick’ring lives?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
What do we savor
in our brief flick’ring lives?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
Gravity swirled those
gases into stars
red, yellow, blue, and white
Gravity swirled those
gases into stars
red, yellow, blue, and white
What do we savor
in our brief flick’ring lives?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
What do we savor
in our brief flick’ring lives?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
What do we savor
in our brief flick’ring lives?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
What do we savor
in our brief flick’ring lives?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
What do we leave
for our descendants delight?
In the Beginning
In the Beginningby Connie Barlow
written for our Solar System’s first
“Evolutionary Revival”February 2008
at First Unitarian Universalist Church
San Diego, CA
by Connie Barlowwritten for our Solar System’s first
“Evolutionary Revival”February 2008
at First Unitarian Universalist Church
San Diego, CA
Photos courtesy of the Cosmos
and its technologically gifted life forms
Photos courtesy of the Cosmos
and its technologically gifted life forms
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